Felicity Simpson
@felicitysimps0n.bsky.social
Currently phding in diet, cognition, brain health 🧠 + exploring metabolic mechanisms 🩸
Functional Neuroimaging Lab @UON
Side gigs - contemplative neuroscience 🧘🏽♀️ free energy & all things ineffable 🌱
Functional Neuroimaging Lab @UON
Side gigs - contemplative neuroscience 🧘🏽♀️ free energy & all things ineffable 🌱
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Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
September 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Interested in hippocampal dynamics and their interactions with cortical rhythms?
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Our physically constrained model of cortico-hippocampal interactions - complete with fast geometrically informed numerical simulation (available at embedded github repo)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
2 great poster sessions at OHBM this week! Thanks for everyone that came by! Definitely feeling like I am standing on the shoulders of giants @drbreaky.bsky.social
June 26, 2025 at 11:14 AM
2 great poster sessions at OHBM this week! Thanks for everyone that came by! Definitely feeling like I am standing on the shoulders of giants @drbreaky.bsky.social
En route to @ohbmofficial.bsky.social conference in Brissy. Not complaining about this first stop o
June 20, 2025 at 3:36 AM
En route to @ohbmofficial.bsky.social conference in Brissy. Not complaining about this first stop o
Some good journal club picks for the week 🎉 @shawnprest.bsky.social @drbreaky.bsky.social
May 13, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Some good journal club picks for the week 🎉 @shawnprest.bsky.social @drbreaky.bsky.social
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Looking forward to presenting our work on cortico-hippocampal coupling and wave-wave interactions as a basis for some core human cognitions
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
May 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Looking forward to presenting our work on cortico-hippocampal coupling and wave-wave interactions as a basis for some core human cognitions
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
5pm May 6th EST (US)
8am May 7th AEST (Sydney)
Zoom link: columbiacuimc.zoom.us/j/92736430185
Thanks to WaveClub conveners Erfan Zabeh & Uma Mohan
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⌛ Abstract submissions close today ⌛
Applications to present at the 5th ISNPR conference in Taiwan close today, April 30th.
Don’t miss out on being part of this exceptional program.
www.isnprconf.com/2025
Applications to present at the 5th ISNPR conference in Taiwan close today, April 30th.
Don’t miss out on being part of this exceptional program.
www.isnprconf.com/2025
April 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
⌛ Abstract submissions close today ⌛
Applications to present at the 5th ISNPR conference in Taiwan close today, April 30th.
Don’t miss out on being part of this exceptional program.
www.isnprconf.com/2025
Applications to present at the 5th ISNPR conference in Taiwan close today, April 30th.
Don’t miss out on being part of this exceptional program.
www.isnprconf.com/2025
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Thermodynamics is one of my favourite disciplines in physics. Temperature influences everything, including neuronal dynamics. Fascinating connection between thermoregulation, heat and brain dynamics in this new preprint:
New preprint: "Temperature matters: Insights into brain thermoregulation and its impact on neural activity and health"
osf.io/preprints/os...
osf.io/preprints/os...
April 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thermodynamics is one of my favourite disciplines in physics. Temperature influences everything, including neuronal dynamics. Fascinating connection between thermoregulation, heat and brain dynamics in this new preprint:
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It has been a great day in the lab raising awareness for brain health and for our project looking at MRI scans and dog-assistent interventions. Watch out for @carolinefaucher.bsky.social in action on TV.
March 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It has been a great day in the lab raising awareness for brain health and for our project looking at MRI scans and dog-assistent interventions. Watch out for @carolinefaucher.bsky.social in action on TV.
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🧠✨ New #Research on #Meditation
Jhana meditation alters brain networks, as shown via geometric eigenmode analysis of 7T fMRI data. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
Jhana meditation alters brain networks, as shown via geometric eigenmode analysis of 7T fMRI data. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
Investigating the complex cortical dynamics of an advanced concentrative absorption meditation called jhanas (ACAM-J): a geometric eigenmode analysis
Abstract. Advanced meditation has been associated with long- and short-term psychological changes such as bliss, profound insight, and transformation of we
academic.oup.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
🧠✨ New #Research on #Meditation
Jhana meditation alters brain networks, as shown via geometric eigenmode analysis of 7T fMRI data. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
Jhana meditation alters brain networks, as shown via geometric eigenmode analysis of 7T fMRI data. academic.oup.com/cercor/artic...
#Mindfulness #Meditation #Neuroscience #MentalHealth
New phd motto as I get closer to the end 🤣
March 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
New phd motto as I get closer to the end 🤣
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Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
February 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Do you work on surface MRI such as HCP data? Our paper is finally out in Imaging Neuroscience, showing biases in surface fMRI. The revised ms has many new insights!
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
TLDR: Vertices are much closer to each other in sulci, resulting in (fake) high spatial autocorrelation. (1/5)
Reading as a I take my daily B12 vitamins this morning (with doubt) 🤣
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
B vitamins and the 2024 Lancet Commission on dementia
We are writing to respond to comments from Joshua W Miller and colleagues1 regarding
our 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission on dementia prevention, intervention,
and care.2 Miller and colle...
www.thelancet.com
February 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Reading as a I take my daily B12 vitamins this morning (with doubt) 🤣
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Please give the people what they’ve been waiting for
I think Bluesky is a great platform and I’m here to stay. However, a bookmark function would make the experience SO much better and much more functional for research/ information gathering, especially for reporters. Pretty please @support.bsky.team @bsky.app ?
January 15, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Please give the people what they’ve been waiting for
When you’re hosting dinner and manage to squeeze in 17 plants in one go 🌱
This year I’m aiming for 30/30/30 challenge - 30 g of protein per meal, 30 g of fibre per day, and 30 min of exercise daily 🏋🏼♀️
I think I hit my target here 😀
This year I’m aiming for 30/30/30 challenge - 30 g of protein per meal, 30 g of fibre per day, and 30 min of exercise daily 🏋🏼♀️
I think I hit my target here 😀
January 11, 2025 at 3:09 AM
When you’re hosting dinner and manage to squeeze in 17 plants in one go 🌱
This year I’m aiming for 30/30/30 challenge - 30 g of protein per meal, 30 g of fibre per day, and 30 min of exercise daily 🏋🏼♀️
I think I hit my target here 😀
This year I’m aiming for 30/30/30 challenge - 30 g of protein per meal, 30 g of fibre per day, and 30 min of exercise daily 🏋🏼♀️
I think I hit my target here 😀
When your lab buddy brings in organic spinach! Thanks Jodie!!! 😍
January 8, 2025 at 6:30 AM
When your lab buddy brings in organic spinach! Thanks Jodie!!! 😍
I’m looking forward to attending this tomorrow (in the morning for my fellow Aussies)
Not to late to register!
Not to late to register!
The Alzheimer's Association ISTAART Year in Review Webinars kickstart on the 6th January with the Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA. Reflecting on the last 12 months of research, and looking at the year ahead.
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/istaar...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/event/istaar...
ISTAART Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA: Year in Review
ISTAART Nutrition, Metabolism and Dementia PIA: Year in Review Webinar, with Speaker: Aaron Smith - 6th January 2024 8.30pm GMT
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
January 5, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I’m looking forward to attending this tomorrow (in the morning for my fellow Aussies)
Not to late to register!
Not to late to register!
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It's been a great year for #WomeninScience books - incl. the challenges faced, and the ways we can overcome historic imbalances & obstacles - as a community 🙌
Highly recommended reads by these authors 🤩
Katalin Kariko
@athenedonald.bsky.social
@lisampmunoz.bsky.social
Kate Zernike
#WomeninSTEM 🧪
Highly recommended reads by these authors 🤩
Katalin Kariko
@athenedonald.bsky.social
@lisampmunoz.bsky.social
Kate Zernike
#WomeninSTEM 🧪
December 18, 2024 at 11:25 AM
It's been a great year for #WomeninScience books - incl. the challenges faced, and the ways we can overcome historic imbalances & obstacles - as a community 🙌
Highly recommended reads by these authors 🤩
Katalin Kariko
@athenedonald.bsky.social
@lisampmunoz.bsky.social
Kate Zernike
#WomeninSTEM 🧪
Highly recommended reads by these authors 🤩
Katalin Kariko
@athenedonald.bsky.social
@lisampmunoz.bsky.social
Kate Zernike
#WomeninSTEM 🧪
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The word of the year is “brain rot”
These days, it’s invoked by young people on social media to describe the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” particularly stemming from overconsumption of trivial online content. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...
These days, it’s invoked by young people on social media to describe the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” particularly stemming from overconsumption of trivial online content. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...
Oxford’s 2024 Word of the Year Is…
A slang term for supposed mental damage done by overconsumption of trivial online content triumphed over a shortlist that also included “lore,” “demure” and “slop.”
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:10 AM
The word of the year is “brain rot”
These days, it’s invoked by young people on social media to describe the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” particularly stemming from overconsumption of trivial online content. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...
These days, it’s invoked by young people on social media to describe the “supposed deterioration of a person’s mental or intellectual state,” particularly stemming from overconsumption of trivial online content. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/01/a...
Pretty hard to sum up #ACNS2024 in a few words so won’t 🤣 but wow what a cool blend and wide range of different cognitive neuroscience topics
November 29, 2024 at 6:47 AM
Pretty hard to sum up #ACNS2024 in a few words so won’t 🤣 but wow what a cool blend and wide range of different cognitive neuroscience topics
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Last day of #ACNS! Closing down with a symposium on naturalistic stimuli together with @willjharrison.bsky.social @katestorrs.bsky.social Branka Spehar and Saurabh Sonkusare
November 29, 2024 at 1:41 AM
Last day of #ACNS! Closing down with a symposium on naturalistic stimuli together with @willjharrison.bsky.social @katestorrs.bsky.social Branka Spehar and Saurabh Sonkusare
Haven’t read the latest ACTIVate paper on diet and cognition? Come check out my poster at the ACNS poster session today!
November 26, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Haven’t read the latest ACTIVate paper on diet and cognition? Come check out my poster at the ACNS poster session today!
Hey Bluesky! I’m Felicity! A 4th year phd student (almost complete 🎉) studying at the University of Newcastle! I study diet, brain health, cognition & brain in healthy older adults. I’m also interested in metabolic mechanisms that connect all 3!
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November 25, 2024 at 10:59 AM
Hey Bluesky! I’m Felicity! A 4th year phd student (almost complete 🎉) studying at the University of Newcastle! I study diet, brain health, cognition & brain in healthy older adults. I’m also interested in metabolic mechanisms that connect all 3!